Downing Tire, 5200 Boll Weevil Cir, Enterprise, AL 36330, US

Michelin Tire Corporation founded more than 110 year ago, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. Michelin also publishes 22 million maps and guides every year. Its products are sold under a variety of brand names, including Uniroyal, BF Goodrich, Taurus, Riken and Kleber. Michelin has global headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and has a sales network that covers more than 170 countries throughout the world. It has manufacturing facilities in nearly every continent in the world, including a passenger car/light truck tire plant in Dothan, Ala.